Clinton Rescue wins another competition

CLINTON Once again, the Clinton Rescue Squad has gone to a major
competition and come back home with victory in its mitts. From
Friday, April 27, through Sunday, April 29, the Clinton Rescue
Squad's Vehicle Rescue Squad which consists of Capt. David
Dalrymple, Assistant Chief Holly Kessel, Operations Supervisor
Artie Hayduca, Rescue Technicians Darell Dulak, Angel Gonzalez, Bob
Hofman and David Strangreciak competed and won the Mid-Atlantic
Regional Extrication Challenge, sponsored by the Howard County Fire
and Rescue Squad in Maryland. Clinton's squad competed against 20
of the best teams from around the region , including Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and West Virginia. Each team had to
mitigate two scenarios, each within a 20 time frame, to
successfully rescue a simulated live patient, organizers
noted.

Besides performing all of the rescue evolutions, the team also
was responsible f or pre-hospital care to the simulate patient. The
teams were then judged in 10 different rescue categories by a
three-judge panel.

This was the 10th year in the event for the Clinton Squad, which
has also competed on the International level a remarkable five
times. This is the third time the squad has won the Mid-Atlantic
region.

The Clinton First Aid and Rescue Squad was organized in 1968 and
presently cover s five municipalities, the town and township of
Clinton, Franklin and Union and Lebanon Borough.

Their response area covers roughly 48 miles.

In 1990, the squad changed its operational structure to take
into account the wide and ever-changing scope of pre- hospital care
and the emergence of Technical Rescue Services which include
transportation rescue, technical rescue, water rescue including
dive operations, mask and fast support and the delivery of the pre
hospital care.

In 1995, the squad became a combination department with the
inclusion of career daytime staff to supplement the volunteer staff
during night and weekend hours. The rescue services division was
the first unit to be established in Hunterdon County and currently
has 26 members culled from both career and volunteers.

The Vehicle Rescue team has more than 50 years of rescue
experience, including some members who are instructors in a variety
of emergency service skills.

Internationally, the team competed in 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999,
and 2000 in the U. S., Canada, and Scotland. At the 1998
International Competition, the team won first place overall,
earning the title of International Vehicle Extrication
Champions.

In 1997, the team was third in the Mid-Atlantic and third in the
unlimited pit a t the Northeast Regional.

In 1998, the team was first overall in the Mid-Atlantic Regional
and won the Inn ovation Award.

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